SKU: HL.49045380
ISBN 9790001203487. UPC: 888680721268. 8.25x11.75x0.084 inches. French.
This work was commissioned by the Latvian choir Kamer within the framework of a large-scale project centered round the topic the sun. A poem by Paul de Brancion is interspersed with expressions and sayings taken from French folklore. The poetic text describing the contemporary anxiety that everything will be scorched by the sun as a result of global warming provides a response to popular opinion and cheerful idioms. The score is constructed like a descent into great depths, from the sunlight into darkness. The composition can also be combined with its sequel composition Au dessous des etoiles (Under the Stars) for mixed choir.Thierry Pecou.
SKU: WD.080689624179
UPC: 080689624179.
Presented by Word Music & Church Resources in Marty Parks’ unique signature format—Large Print, No Repeats, Time-Saving Vocals, Perfect for Any Choir—A SHINING LIGHT is perfectly suited for Sanctuary Choirs, Senior Adult Choirs, Every-Other-Sunday Choirs, Small Church Choirs, Large Church Choirs, and everything in-between! As a follow-up to Sing America’s Song, A SHINING LIGHT is Marty’s second patriotic musical in this format, giving choirs of all experience levels and sizes the opportunity to sing about the Lord Almighty and this cherished country. As an underlying theme, A SHINING LIGHT brings loyalty to God and country together, reminding listeners that “our devotion to God and our devotion to this land we love don’t have to be mutually exclusive affections.” After all, it is the Lord Who has touched and blessed this land…and may we strive to keep it a bright and shining light for Him!
SKU: HL.49041685
ISBN 9783254080295. 4.75x7.5x0.857 inches. German.
'Twilight of the Gods', the Third Day, brings Wagner's Ring cycle with an evening and three days, all full-length performances lasting for hours, to an end. Everything that has happened in the parts before is now brought to a close. Brunhilde and Siegfried burn to death together 'in a purifying fire'; they are redeemed in the highest union. A whole epoch is inevitably nearing its end: The world of men and the realm of the gods are hopelessly corrupt, only a new beginning after the total breakdown can lead to a whole new world.Apart from the libretto, this edition contains introductory commentaries of Kurt Pahlen who also adds information on the compositional structure and context to the musical as well as external and internal dramatic action of the opera. A short synopsis and a brief outline of the genesis bring the work into relation with the composer's entire oeuvre and life, thus offering a comprehensive, richly illustrated introduction.
SKU: AP.44697
ISBN 9781470627331. UPC: 038081508139. English.
Alfred's Basic Adult Piano Course: Popular Hits answers the often- expressed need for a variety of supplementary material in many different popular styles. Soon after beginning piano study, students can play attractive versions of the best-known music of today. This book is correlated page-by-page with Lesson Book 1 of Alfred's Basic Adult Piano Course and Level 1 of Alfred's Basic Adult All-in-One Course. When pieces from the Popular Hits books are assigned in conjunction with the material in the Lesson Books, new concepts are reinforced in a fun and motivating way, increasing the student's interest in piano study. Titles: Best Day of My Life (American Authors) * Big Yellow Taxi (Joni Mitchell) * Bye Bye, Love (The Everly Brothers) * Clouds (Zach Sobiech) * Don't Stop Believin' (Journey) * Everything Is Awesome (Awesome Remixx!!!) (from The LEGO Movie) * Flicker (Kanye West Rework) (from The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1) * I Could Have Danced All Night (from My Fair Lady) * I Got You Babe (Sonny and Cher) * I Love Paris (from Can-Can) * I'll Stand By You (The Pretenders) * James Bond Theme * Let It Go (from Walt Disney's Frozen) * Mamma Mia (from Mamma Mia!) * Over the Rainbow (as sung by Israel IZ Kamakawiwo'ole) * Raiders March (from Raiders of the Lost Ark) * The Rose (Bette Midler) * Star Wars (Main Theme) * Take My Breath Away (Berlin) * A Teenager In Love (Dion and The Belmonts) * Try to Remember (from The Fantasticks) * You Raise Me Up (Josh Groban).
About Alfred's Basic Adult Piano Course
Des igned for use with an instructor, the Adult All-in-One Course is for the beginning student looking for a truly complete piano course. It is a greatly expanded version of Alfred's Basic Adult Piano Course that includes lessons, theory, technique, and additional repertoire in a convenient all-in-one format. This comprehensive course features written assignments that reinforce each lesson's concepts, a smooth, logical progression between each lesson, a thorough explanation of chord theory and playing styles, and outstanding extra songs, including folk, classical, and contemporary selections. At the completion of this course, the student will have learned to play some of the most popular music ever written and will have gained a good understanding of basic musical concepts and styles.
SKU: PE.EP72785A
ISBN 9790577011349. 210 x 297mm inches. English.
From the composer:
How did it all begin? And what happened next?
I found myself pondering these questions in an art gallery in Bremen, in a James Turrell installation that carved through three storeys of the gallery. Looking down from the top floor through great circles of colour-changing light to the distant sparkling points in a dark ellipse on the ground floor, I felt that I was looking back in time to the origins of the universe – and I started to hear children’s voices in my mind’s ear, accompanied by twinkling metal percussion.
It occurred to me that the beginning of our world was a good story to be sung by children, especially the unique Hallé Children’s Choir, and accompanied by the magnificent Hallé Orchestra.
Haydn&rs quo;s Creation&n bsp;immediately comes to mind as a precedent, but that is a setting and elaboration of the Book of Genesis. I thought we should tell the modern version of our story, and be as scientifically accurate as possible.
That&rsqu o;s easier said than done! For a start, it’s hard to find a modern account of creation that is anything like as compact as the one in Genesis. I talked about it with my regular collaborator, Alasdair Middleton. Neither of us could remember being taught anything about the Big Bang or Evolution at school, although I had certainly spent many happy hours making papier-mâché dinosaurs. So the first thing we had to do was a lot of research – reading books for grown-ups, books for children, looking at charts and diagrams and watching films. There was a wonderful moment, reading Adam Rutherford’s < em>The Origin of Life, when I had the glorious feeling I understood everything – but that quickly evaporated as soon as I put the book down.
Scientific ideas seem to date very quickly, so this account of the beginning of our world is necessarily provisional. It&rs.